(1)A jail official shall accompany prisoners on transfer when their number exceeds ten. The Government property, documents and private effects sent with the prisoners shall be in his charge.(2)When the number of prisoner is ten or less a jail official should see them off at the railway station and will be responsible for seeing that they start with :-(a)1 zinc pail full of water if the van does not possess a permanent drinking water tank;(b)1 lota full of water for each prisoner.(c)zinc pail filled with water at the latrine for cleaning purposes.(3)The Deputy Superintendent must satisfy himself before the prisoners leave the jail that all necessary arrangements have been made to provide them with the means of water supply, food, etc. en route, and the jail officials and warders understand their duties in this connection.
